Tobacco-compressor



(No Model.)

. MpW. BRYSON. TOBAGGO COMPRESSOR.

No. 584,322. Patented June'15,1897.

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llNTTEn STATES PATENT EETcE.

MARCUS lV. BRYSON, OF VEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO-COMPRESSOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,322, dated June 15, 189'?. 'Application filed December 8l, 1895. Serial No. 573,987. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MARCUS W.- BRYsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vebster, in the county of Jackson and State of North Carolina, have invented a new-anduseful Tobacco-Compressor, of which the following is a spec'iiication.

My invention relates to the manufacture of plug-tobacco, and has for its object to provide a sectional or layer plug of which the sections or `layers are detachably connected to provide for the division of a plug into the desired number of parts withoutthe use of a tobacco-knife.

A further object of my invention is to provide simple and efficient means for forming sectional or layer plugs.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the followin g description, and the novel features thereot` will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of arnold-box forming one member of the apparatus employed for forming sectional or layer plugs. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken through one of the molds. Figs. 3 and 3a are detail views of different forms of packing-rods. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the needle detached. Figs. 5 and 5CL are detail views of sectional or layer plugs constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the wire tie upon which the sections or layers may be strung without the use of the threading-pin or needle.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a box consisting of blocks ln 1b, hinged together, as shown in dotted lines at 2, to provide for their arrangement in either parallel or divergent planes, as desired, the inner surfaces of said blocks or sections being provided with registering grooves 3 and 3, forming molds of respectively cross-sec tionally round and square construction. The

block la is provided with fulcrum pins or bolts 4, which intersect registering grooves 5, formed in the extremities of the blocks or sections, and locking-bolts 6 are provided with terminal eyes 7, fitted upon said fulcrum pins or bolts. These locking-bolts are adapted to iit in the registering terminal grooves 5 and are fitted with nuts 8 to bear against the outer side surface of the block or section lb, as indicated in Fig. l.

The contiguous angles of the sections of the box are cut away to form a longitudinal channel 9, in the floor of which, respectively opposite the molds 3 and 3f, are formed seats 10 for the reception of a ring ll on the needle or threading-pin l2, which is adapted to be arranged axially in one of the molds during the introduction of the tobacco-leaf thereinto. Said needle or threading-pin is reduced or tapered to a point at 13 and is provided with an eye le for a purpose hereinafter eX- plained.

In connection with the above-described ap paratus I employ a hollow packing-rod l5, of which different forms, respectively round and square, are illustrated in Figs. 3 and 3', the same being provided with a bore vlt for the reception of the body or straight portion of the needle or threading-pin during the operation of packing the tobacco-leaf into the mold, said needle or pin being arranged in a vertical guide 17, connecting the seat l0 with the lower end of the mold, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation the threadingpin Qr needle is arranged in the mold to receive the tobacco, and the latter is introduced in wads into the mold, each layer being moved to its place and compressed by means of the packing-rod, the exposed end of said rod being struck by means of a mallet or a similar tool to insure the desired compactness. In order to secure comparative uniformity in the thickness of the sections or layers, the packing-rods are provided with indexes having transverse lines or points spaced at regular intervals and numbered consecutively, whereby the number of the index which is flush with the upper surface of the box indicates the number' of layers which have been introduced into the mold.

After the mold has been iilled suiiiciently to form a plug of the desired length a tie 1S, of cord or similar flexible material, is threaded through the eye le of the threading-pin or needle, and the extremities of said tie are threaded, respectively, through perforations IOO 19 contiguous to the center of a holding-disk 20, which maybe of metal, cardboard, or other stiff material. The threading-pin or needle is then Withdrawn from the mold, thus draw-l ing the tie, which is of greater -length when doubled than the mold, through the centers of the layers until the looped extremity thereof projects beyond the bottom of the box. The cord is then detached from the pin or needle by cutting the loop, and the extremities of the tie thus formed are threaded through perforations in a disk similar to that above described, and a tie is formed to fasten this lower disk 21 in contact with the lower end of the plug after the plug has been Withdrawn from the mold by opening the box. Thus the tie forms a flexible tension connection between the terminal disks which form the ends of the plug to prevent the relative displacement of the members or layers thereof, and it is obvious that by severing the cord or detaching one of the disks the .members of the plug may be separated, so that one or more of the layers may be sold separately. This feature is of advantage in the retail trade,.as it enables the consumer to buy any desired portion of a plug Without necessitating the cutting of the plug by the dealer to suit the amount named.

I ,also propose to employ a tie constructed of -Wire which is of sufficient stiffness to enable the sections or layersof tobacco to be threaded thereon Without the intermediate use of the threading-pin or needle. This tie 2.2 is shown in Fig. (Sand also in Fig. 5, in

the latter case the same being shown engaged with the terminal disks to hold the sections-of a plug in the proper relative positions. In Fig. 6 the tieis shown detached, and it will be seen that the extremities thereof are pointedi to facilitate the impaling of the layers of tobacco-leaf thereon. This tie is used substantially as described in connection With the threading-pin or needle, in that as the leaf is introduced into the mold in which the tie is arranged the packing-rod is employed -to compress the layers, the extremities of the tie `passing up into the bore of thepacking-rod. The only difference-in operation With the form of -tie shown in Fig. 6 is that its looped ex- -tremity is engaged With the loWer terminal disk before it is inserted in the mold, whereby after the completion of the plug it is only neoessary to connect the upper extremities ofv the tie above the plane ofthe upper disk, said extremities of the tie having been previously passed through the perforations in the disk.

Having described my invention, What I claim is- 1. The herein-described tobacco-plug, comprisin g a plurality of separable axially-alined Wads arranged in transverse coextensive layers, said wads containing equal quantities of tobacco-leaf, and means for temporarily connecting said wads, the same consisting of a tie extending axially through the Wads and provided With terminal fastening devices,sulo stantially as specified.

2. An apparatus for manufacturing plugtobacco, consisting of a mold, means disposed axially in the mold and having a sharpened upper extremity upon which Wads of tobaccoleaf introduced into the mold may beimpaled, and a hollow packing-rod for independently compressing the Wads to form detachable layers, said packing-rod being provided with a graduated scale for comparison with the contiguous portion of the mold, to indicate the relative'thicknesses of successive layers,-sub stantially as specified.

3. A-n apparatus for manufacturing plugtobacco, consisting of a mold, `a vterminallysharpened needle removably arranged in an axial position in the mold and adapted to be Withdrawn through the bottom thereof, Asaid needle being provided at its upper pointed extremity With an eye-for en-gagementwith a-tie, and a hollowT packing-rod for independently compressing portions of tobacco-leaf consecutively introduced into the mold, all constructed and arranged for operation as specified,

Wherebyafter the completion of the compression of the contents of the mold a tie may be engaged With the eyeof the needle, and the latter Withdrawn from the mold to pass said tie axially through the compressed layersys ubstantiall-y as described.

4. An apparatus for manufacturing plu-gtobaeco consisting of a box provided with a mold, 4meansdisposed axially in the mold and having a sharpened upper extremity upon which Wads of tobacco-leaf introduced into tne mold may-be impaled, and a hollow packing-rod for lindependently compressing the VWads to form detachable layers, substantially yas specified.

5. An apparatus for manufacturing plugtobacco consisti-ngof abox constructed of lrelavtively-movable blocks or sections provided in their contiguous faces With registering grooves combined to form molds, and also-provided With openings in the loWer extremities or lfloors of the molds, an eye-pointed threading-pin or needle adapted to be inserted through the opening in the floor of a mold and occupy an axial position therein with its pointed extremity uppermost, whereby Wads of tobacco-leaf introduced into the mold are impaled thereon, and a hollow packing-rod for cooperation with the mold and threadingpin or needle, substantially `as specified.

6. An apparatus for manufacturing plugtobacco consisting of a box comprising hingedly-connected blocks or sections provided in theirfacing surfaces With registering grooves forming molds., holding-arms pivotally connected to one section or block and arranged IOO in registering grooves in the extremities of around the impaling device, substantially as the blocks, and nuts threaded upon the free speciiied. extremities of said rods to engage the eXteror side surface of the other section or'biock,

5 in combination with an impaling device ar- Vitnesses:

ranged axially in a mold, andan axially-bored J. W'. KEENER., packing-rod for introduction into the mold E. H. CAGLE.

MARCUS XV. BRYSON. 

